1Formulas and methods
Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Method
- Read the question first so you know what you are looking for.
- Skim the passage for its topic and main point; the first or last sentence often states it.
- Go back to the exact lines that answer the question.
- For inferences, choose the option the clues most strongly support, not one that goes further.
- For labels and tables, apply every rule that fits the case and do the small calculation carefully.
English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Method
- Find the subject and the verb of the sentence before choosing a form.
- Strip away phrases (of the …, along with …) and extra people (you and …) to test agreement and pronoun case.
- Check each clause: can it stand alone? Join independent clauses with a comma + conjunction or a semicolon.
- Check modifiers and lists: the describing phrase next to its word, items in the same form.
- For word choice and register, pick the precise, formal and concise option.
Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Method
- Read the whole sentence and look for a context clue: a definition, a contrast, an example or a cause and effect.
- Split an unfamiliar word into prefix, root and suffix and translate each part.
- Read a medical term from the suffix back to the start (hepat-itis: inflammation of the liver).
- Put each option into the sentence and check that the meaning still fits.
- Choose the meaning used in this sentence, even if the word has another everyday meaning.
2Practice problems
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Medium
“Unlike frogs, which have smooth, moist skin, toads usually have dry, bumpy skin. Toads also tend to spend more time on land.” What is the main purpose of the passage?
- ATo explain how frogs breathe
- BTo argue that toads make good pets
- CTo describe where toads lay eggs
- DTo compare frogs and toads
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
A shift schedule shows: Nurse A works Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Nurse B works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Nurse C works Monday, Thursday and Saturday. On which day do Nurse A and Nurse B work together?
- AFriday
- BMonday
- CWednesday
- DThursday
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which sentence uses the possessive of a time expression correctly?
- AShe took a week’s vacation.
- BShe took a weeks vacation.
- CShe took a week’s’ vacation.
- DShe took a weeks’ vacation.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which revision corrects the dangling modifier? “After finishing the exam, the room was quiet.”
- AAfter the students finished the exam, the room was quiet.
- BAfter finishing the exam, the room became quiet.
- CAfter finishing, the exam was quiet in the room.
- DThe room was quiet, after finishing the exam.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse cleaned the abrasion on the child’s knee.”
- AA scrape of the skin surface
- BA swollen joint
- CA deep puncture wound from a nail
- DA bite from an animal
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient’s seizures were refractory to standard treatment.”
- APartly hidden
- BNot responding
- CCaused directly
- DResponding quickly
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · To compare frogs and toads
Why this is the answer
The passage points out differences between frogs and toads in skin and habitat, so it is a comparison.
D · To compare frogs and toads
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Wednesday
Why this is the answer
Nurse A works Mon, Wed, Fri and Nurse B works Tue, Wed, Thu. The only shared day is Wednesday.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · She took a week’s vacation.
Why this is the answer
Time expressions can be possessive: a week’s vacation, a day’s work. For plurals the apostrophe follows the s: two weeks’ notice.
A · She took a week’s vacation.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · After the students finished the exam, the room was quiet.
Why this is the answer
The room did not finish the exam. A names the people who did, so the modifier is no longer dangling.
A · After the students finished the exam, the room was quiet.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · A scrape of the skin surface
Why this is the answer
An abrasion is a superficial wound where the skin has been rubbed or scraped away.
A · A scrape of the skin surface
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Not responding
Why this is the answer
Refractory means resistant to treatment or not responding to it.
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